Ferns and shady gardens

I collect ferns for approximate 21 years. A nice house near the forest and a garden with many old trees forced me to look for the right plants for shady situations. At the beginning after we bought the house in the lovely Westerwald I found some ferns in this garden. They looked well and I went to a garden center to have a look for more kinds of ferns. I found some nice species, for example Dryopteris erytrosora and Athyrium niponicum. They grew well and so I went to nurseries searching for more and more ferns. I was entranced by the variety of the forms and colours. Then I bought my first book about ferns. Until now I have about 400 ferns in my collection. Most of them grow in my garden, in winter time some of them in a heated greenhouse. At time I work in a nursery for outdoor ferns, ferns nursery from Dirk Wiederstein, so I can integrate my hobby into work. Another hobby of mine is to take photos from all the ferns I find in gardens, botanical gardens and elswhere. I put they together in a Fern-CD. So all people who love ferns like me can have a look to the beauty of them.

Some words about me

Because I was asked several times to introduce myself by a photo and a few personal data on this homepage, I would like to follow this wish now. I am 54 years old have 5 adult children and two granddaughters. Much time of the day I spend to work in my 1000 qm large garden, half day I work in a fern-nursery. Mostly I love to sit in my garden watching the plants and ferns, the butterflys and all other animals.

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